German poster of Panic in Bangkok

French poster of Cairo Nest of Spies

Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, agent OSS 117 is the creation of french writer Jean Bruce. De La Bath is an american of French descent, he first worked for the Office of Strategic Services and later for the C.I.A. Bruce wrote 91 novels starring OSS 117, the first in 1949, before his death in a car crash in 1963. Bruce's widow, Josette Bruce continued with 143 novels from 1966 until her death, and after that her two children followed with 24 novels.

The first film with this character, OSS 117 Is Not Dead, was made in 1956, starring Ivan Desny, but Andre Hunebelle (creator of the Fantomas series, another Eurospy piece) turned the character into a typical Eurospy Bond spoof. In 2006 Michel Hazanavicius made OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, spoofing Connery's Bond and the spy films in general.

Films:

• OSS 117 Is Not Dead (1956) starring Ivan Desny, directed by Jean Sacha
• OSS 117 Returns (1963) starring Kerwin Mathews, directed by Andre Hunebelle
• OSS 117 Panic in Bangkok (1964) starring Kerwin Mathews, directed by Andre Hunebelle
• OSS 117 Mission For a Killer (1965) starring Frederick Stafford, directed by Andre Hunebelle
• OSS 117 Terror in Tokyo (1966) starring Frederick Stafford, directed by Michel Boisrond
• OSS 117 Double Agent (1968) starring John Gavin, directed by Renzo Cerrato, Jean-Pierre Desagnat and Andre Hunebelle
• OSS 117 Takes a Vacation (1970) starring Luc Merenda, directed by Pierre Kalfon
• OSS 117 Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) starring Jean Dujardin, directed by Michel Hazanavicius

Note: These films have different titles in the USA and the UK. Here the US titles are used, if possible.